Taraji P. Henson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 11, 1970
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
Taraji P. Henson (born September 11, 1970) is an American actress, producer and singer. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career as guest star on several television shows before making her breakthrough in the movie Baby Boy (2001). In 2005, she starred in Hustle & Flow and played Queenie in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), for which she received an Academy Award nomination. In 2016, Time named Henson one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list. Henson also released an autobiography titled Around The Way Girl.
Filmography
- Two Faced
Two Faced TBA
Director
- Force
Force TBA
Actor
- Sorcerority
Sorcerority TBA
Actor
- Give Me Some Sugah
Give Me Some Sugah 2026
Actor
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been 2026
Producer, Executive Producer
Why Did I Get Married Again? 2026
as Roselyn
Escape Room 2025
Actor
STRAW 2025
as Janiyah Wiltkinson
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People 2024
as Host
Where's Usher? 2024
as Self
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey 2023
as Self
The Color Purple 2023
as Shug Avery
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 2023
as Self (voice), Executive Producer
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie 2023
as Victoria Vance (voice)
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 2022
as Self
Tell It Like a Woman 2022
Director
Minions: The Rise of Gru 2022
as Belle Bottom (voice)
Annie Live! 2021
as Miss Hannigan
Muppets Haunted Mansion 2021
as The Bride
Mary J. Blige's My Life 2021
as Self
Feeding America Comedy Festival 2020
as Self
Coffee & Kareem 2020
as Vanessa Manning
This Changes Everything 2019
as Self
The Best of Enemies 2019
as Ann Atwater
What Men Want 2019
as Alison 'Ali' Davis, Executive Producer
Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018
as Yesss (voice)
Acrimony 2018
as Melinda Moore Gayle
Proud Mary 2018
as Mary, Executive Producer
Hidden Figures 2016
as Katherine G. Johnson
Term Life 2016
as Samantha Thurman
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade 2016
as Ethel (voice)
Top Five 2014
as Taraji P. Henson
Seasons of Love 2014
as Jackie, Executive Producer
No Good Deed 2014
as Terry, Executive Producer
Think Like a Man Too 2014
as Lauren Harris
- Picasso Baby
Picasso Baby 2013
as Self
From the Rough 2013
as Catana Starks
Madly Madagascar 2013
as Okapi (voice)
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You 2012
as Self
Think Like a Man 2012
as Lauren Harris
Larry Crowne 2011
as B'Ella
The Good Doctor 2011
as Nurse Theresa
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story 2011
as Tiffany Rubin
Once Fallen 2010
as Pearl
Peep World 2010
as Mary
The Karate Kid 2010
as Sherry Parker
Date Night 2010
as Detective Arroyo
Hurricane Season 2010
as Dayna Collins
I Can Do Bad All By Myself 2009
as April
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button 2009
as Self
Not Easily Broken 2009
as Clarice Clark
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008
as Queenie
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys 2008
as Pam
Talk to Me 2007
as Vernell Watson
Smokin' Aces 2006
as Sharice Watters
Something New 2006
as Nedra
Four Brothers 2005
as Camille Mercer
Hustle & Flow 2005
as Shug
Animal 2005
as Ramona
Hair Show 2004
as Tiffany
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs 2002
as Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
Baby Boy 2001
as Yvette
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man 2001
as Bess Pinckney
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 2000
as Left-Wing Student
Satan's School for Girls 2000
as Paige
Streetwise 1998
as Tammy
Credits from TMDB.